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DestructionTerrible damage
(noun)
Synonym: damage, devastation
Related Words: destroy (verb) – to break apart
MajorVery large or important
(adjective)
Synonym: important, main, key; Antonym: Minor
Related Words: Major (noun) military officer or division of something (Major League Baseball)
PreventTo stop from happening
(verb)
Synonym: Stop, avoid; Antonym: Cause, permit
Related Words: prevention (noun) to act of stopping something
RecoveryThe process of getting back to
normal(noun)
Synonym: healing, mending
Related Words: Recover (verb) – return to former state
SevereVery bad or serious
(adjective)
Synonym: harsh, serious, strong, brutal, strictAntonym: weak, mild, gentle
Related Words: Severity (noun) - strictness
FocusTo pay close attention
(verb)
Synonym: center, concentrate, emphasis
Exceededwas greater than
(verb)
Synonym: go beyond, surpass, top
Increase To make or get larger
(verb)
Synonym: enlarge, boost
Antonym: decrease
IntensityGreat strength or extreme degree
(adjective)Synonym: power, greatness, force
Related Words: intense (adj) – strong feelings
Degree A unit of measurement
(noun)
Synonym: amount, scale, measure
MetallicMade of metal
(adjective)
Synonym: tinny
Abandon To leave behind
(verb)Synonym: desert, relenquish
Related Words: abandonment (noun)
EvacuateTo leave due to an
emergency(verb)
Synonym: leave, abandonRelated Words: evacuation (noun)
Cycle A sequence of events
that repeats itself(noun)
synonym: rotation, series
Moistdamp
(adjective)
Synonym: soggy, clammy, humid
Antonym: dry
ComplicateTo make difficult
(verb)
Synonym: confuse, “make matters worse”
*add suffix –ion to make a nouncomplication
ConstructTo build by putting together
(verb)
Synonym: build, assemble, create
*Add suffix –ion to make a nounconstruction
EducateTo provide with information
(verb) Synonym: teach, inform, instruct
* add suffix –ion to make a nouneducation